St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-14
CAUSTIC CRITICISM.
Oliver Deans Remarks on the
Democrats Who Oppose Gov.
Church.

Oliver Deans Remarks on the
Democrats Who Oppose Gov.
Church.
To the Editor of the Globe
WATERFOWL, OAK, May 13.-After
all what has Gov. Church done that
three or four newspapers in Dakota
should ''bellow'' forth strange hints and
vague, indefinite insinuations against
his loyalty to Dakota and to Democracy?
Every appointee now holding Office
under his administration has been in
Dakota longer than most of the COM
planning editors GOD save the mark,
and all but one of them, save those
whom the law and political courtesy re-
qulre to be Republicans, are Democrats
who worked in the ''unterrifed" har-
ness during the years of Democratic de-
feat, when these same editors were saw
ing wood i'll the Republican barnyard.
And when one learns the cause of the
outcries and lamentations, the
jibeS and the whines, there is
much in each case that is amusing
and ridiculous. One case worthy of
special mention is at jamestown. where
the usually good-tempered and inof-
fensiye Warn0ck, of the jamestown
Capital, is waging heroic but harmless
war against the governor and his young
Democracy" Now. it is well known to
the friends of Mr.. Warnock that he is
not personally embittered against the
governor, for when he was in Bismarck
last winter he had a very pleasant visit
with the executive, and assured his
friends that he would support this, the
first Democratic administration of which
Dakota could boast. But all editors are
not free and unShackled, and it so hap
pens that a man named Goodrich is
strong financial supporter OF the paper,
and during the merry war; of sixty
days he was candidate for the Office of
territorial treasurer. And here's where
the gaZelle comes in. GoOdrich's attitude
in the treasurership was like that of the
babe who reached out for the moon.
Any one-Republican, Democrat or
Mugwump-Who knows anything about
the situation knows that Goodrich cut
no figure in the race, and When he saw
that the prize went to another he
touched off the Capital, which has been
splitting and popping like a Fourth of
July candle ever since. In all fairness.
should the Capital fight Church's
young Democracy" because the cover
nor refused to make all political plans
and territorial interests subservient
to Goodrich? Is he to keep
the gOOd-natured old gentleman,
ministration. because, fOrsootr, tae gov
ernor could not recognize his claim to
the Office of treasurer? A loyal Demo
crat, worthy of the name, does not have
to he nursed to keep him true to the
party, and when the facts in the several
cases of kicking in the territory are
known, the men who are now hunting
for some little preteXteto run out their
tongues at Gov. Church will not stand
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public.
Now, there's that handsome old Vir-
ginian, Maj. {. Boyd Barrett. who con-
ducts the Aberdeen Republican, and
who says he is leading the Democratic
party of the nation. He was a
most atfectionate friend to the
governor last winter, when he
was on the scent of a railway COM
missionership. In fact, he said that
Church was one of natures noblemen,
and, throwing the banner to the breeze.
he commanded all Democrats to rally to
the standard. The curtain dropped, and
when it rose for the second act in the
great Barrett dramacthe railroad COM
mission had been named, and Barrett
was left undiSturbed in his position as
leader of the party. He was not asked
to leave his paper and fritter away his
time on the commission. and he is now
repaying the governor for his kindness
by stating that perhaps he is not one of
natures noblemen after all. Oh, tickle
major. why hast thou changed so soon?
But word with reference to the gov
errors strength in Dakota. The cry
against him is made against Church
and his young Democracy" and if this
does not make him popular in young
territory, populated by young and az.
greSsive people, where youth and vig0r
have won the fame and the glory of
Dakota, then his enemies will be fortu
nate in escaping the boomerang cyclone
which they have created in their politi-
cal shibboleth. OLIVER DEAN.